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Knysna's newly appointed municipal manager says she has her work cut out for her. Lauren Waring, who has been acting municipal manager since last August, was formally appoined to the post on Tuesday following a special council meeting. In a

The National Union of Mineworkers says its horrified at the rape and murder of a female miner whose body was found in Anglo Platinum's Khomanani mine in Rustenburg. NUM spokesperson, Lesiba Seshoka, says the identity of the woman, who was found

Members of teacher union Sadtu have escalated their campaign of disrupting education district offices across the Eastern Cape. Education Department spokesperson, Loyiso Pulumani, says Sadtu members effectively shut down the education department

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University will be the first tertiary institution to embrace an initiative aimed at transforming students into so-called "life champions". This is a national project aimed at following the vision and values

Port Elizabeth police have arrested a young man in connection with one of two shooting incidents in Helenvale last night. Police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, says the suspect and two accomplices approached a 26-year-old man

An 11-year-old boy has drowned in a farm dam near Alexandria in the Eastern Cape. Police Captain Mali Govender, says the child was swimming with friends in the dam when he disappeared under the water yesterday afternoon. His friends were unable to

Ten people were killed in a collision between a truck and a minibus near Makhado in Limpopo this morning. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel Otto, says six people were injured and rushed to hospital. Those killed in the accident

One person has died and three others injured in an accident on the N-2 between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown. Provincial transport spokesperson Tshepo Machaea says the driver of a City Golf lost control and the vehicle overturned this morning

Police are still looking for a six-month-old baby who was kidnapped by a live-in nanny in Pretoria yesterday. Police spokesperson, Liuetenant-Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou, says the baby's mother realised yesterday morning that the baby was gone from